Robin Guthrie

It’s a peculiar thing: by creating something thoroughly unique, by enticing an unheard sound, by coaxing something unfamiliar into existence, a musician can actually establish an entirely new genre. That’s what happened with Robin Guthrie. Through skill and happenstance, artistry and a touch of dumb luck, Guthrie picked up a seventeen-year-old girl at a discotheque, started a perversely stylish band, and tapped a previously unimagined zeitgeist. It took a few records to crystallize, but when Guthrie and that teen, the preternaturally gifted Elizabeth Fraser, finally defined their sound, the Cocteau Twins... Read More